Callaway, Rev. Joshua S., was born in Wilkes Co., Ga., May 30, 1789

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Callaway, Rev. Joshua S., was born in Wilkes Co., Ga., May 30, 1789. He was the son of Joshua and Isabella Callaway. He was converted when a boy, and was baptized by Jesse Mercer, Sept. 23, 1809. When in his twentieth year he moved to Jones County, in 1818, and joined the Sardis church, by which he was ¢alled to ordination in 1820. He preached ten years in Jones County with great success, and then removed to Henry County. When the division in the denomination took place he sustained mission views strongly, and under his leadership the Flint River Association took decided missionary grounds. He was moderator of that Association for about fifteen years, after represent- ing it in the State Convention, by which body he was highly respected. Mr. Callaway was a pleas- ant and persuasive speaker, with a winning ad- dress. He was strongly Calvinistic in faith, and very clear and scriptural in his preaching. He baptized many hundreds of converts during his ministry. He possessed a strong will, indomitable perseverance, and unflinching integrity, and to the day of his death maintained an unblemished repu- tation. He died at Jonesborough in the year 1854. From the Baptist Encyclopedia by William Cathcart- photo from findagrave